Labor Leader - 22 December 1977 - 3 February 1983
Biography
Former
Governor-General of Australia (1989-1996), the Honorable Bill Hayden, AC, KSJ.
Mr Hayden, who holds a Bachelor of Economics from UQ, was educated at Brisbane
State High School and served as a Queensland police officer from 1953 until
1961.
In 1961, he was elected to the House of Representatives representing the
Federal Division of Oxley, Queensland, holding the seat until his retirement
from Parliament in 1988.
He was a member of the Opposition Shadow Ministry from 1976 until 1983 and
during the Whitlam Government, was Minister for Social Security (1972-1975) and
Treasurer in 1975. From December 1977 until February 1983, Mr Hayden was the
Leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP).
During the Hawke Government, Mr Hayden was appointed Minister for Foreign
Affairs in 1983 and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in 1987, remaining
in this position until his retirement from Parliament.
Mr Hayden has been a cattle farmer in the Brisbane Valley since 1996 and was
voted Australian Humanist of the Year the same year.
He has received many awards and honours including Chancellor of the Order of
Australia (1989); the Prior Order St John Australia; and the Gwanghwa Medal of
the Korean Order of Diplomatic Merit.
Biography and photo from University of Queensland website